Kansai Plascon Uganda Ltd.

For more than a century since its founding in 1918, the Kansai Paint Group has delivered coatings and technologies grounded in the coatings business.

Company founded in Kanzaki, Amagasaki with 500,000 yen in capital

JAPANITE introduced and registered as the Company's first patent (patent no. 39623, August 1921, for method of manufacturing varnish)

CELVA, the first lacquer produced in Japan, successfully introduced

SABINAITE, a specially formulated oil-based rust-prevention coating, introduced (patent no. 76819, May 1928)

Tokyo Office opened

Opened the Tokyo Plant in Ota-ku, Tokyo (later renamed the Tokyo Office)

Shares listed on the Osaka, Tokyo, and Kobe stock exchanges

New head office building built in Higashi-ku (now Chuo-ku), Osaka

Multicolor ZOLACOAT coating introduced

Hiratsuka Plant (now Hiratsuka Office) opened in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture

Began production of CANCOAT can coating

Nagoya Plant (now Nagoya Office) opened in Nishikamo (now Miyoshi), Aichi Prefecture

Technical Research Center (now R&D Center) opened in Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture

Corporate creed established to mark 50th anniversary of Company founding

Acquired shares in Sanpo Paint K.K. (now KAT Co., Ltd.)

Funds invested to establish Thai Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. (Thailand)

Kanpe Decorative Coatings (now Kanpe Hapio) established with the merger of the Osaka, Nagoya, and Tokyo Kanpe Decorative Coating businesses

Kanuma Plant (now Kanuma Office) opened in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture

RETAN PG80 automotive refinish coating introduced

Acquired shares in Kanpe Trading Co., Ltd.

Initial sales of FANTAC adhesive coating marking film

Funds invested to establish Taiwan Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.

Sonne EDUV electrodeposited photoresists for printed circuit boards introduced

Invested in Goodlass Nerolac Paints Pvt Ltd (India) (now Kansai Nerolac Paints Limited)

Kansai Paint (America), Inc. (USA) established

New corporate brand ALESCO introduced

ESCO penetrating epoxy anticorrosion coating introduced

Funds invested to establish Kanpe Kyohan Tokyo K.K.

Kansai Paint Europe Limited (with head office in London and branch in Hamburg) established

Joint venture Tianjin Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. established in Tianjin, China (now Cosco Kansai Paint & Chemicals (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.)

Ono Plant (now Ono Office) opened in Ono, Hyogo Prefecture

Kitakyushu Office opened in Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture

Joint venture Kansai Paint (Shenyang) Co., Ltd. established in Shenyang, China

Kanpe Auto Refinishing Center (ARC) opened at Technical Research Center

Funds invested to establish Kansaipaint Resin (Thailand) Co., Ltd.

Joint venture Tianjin Beacon Kansai Paint & Chemicals Co., Ltd., established in Tianjin, China (now Tianjin Winfield Kansai Paint & Chemicals Co., Ltd.)

Joint venture Hunan Kansai Automotive Coatings Co., Ltd., established in Changsha, China (now Hunan Xiangjiang Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.)

Joint venture Chongqing Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. established in Chongqing, China

Shanghai Kansai Paint & Chemicals Co., Ltd. established (now Cosco Kansai Paint & Chemicals (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.)

KP Pearl microbial carrier beads developed for use in advanced wastewater treatment

Acquired shares in Sime Kansai Paints Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)

First corporate pamphlet on global environmental initiatives published

Kanpe Auto Refinishing Center (ARC) West Japan opened at Amagasaki Office

Sonne LDI adopted for use in plasma displays

Developed technology for recycling PET bottles into raw materials for paint

Funds invested to establish PT Kansaipaint Indonesia (Indonesia)

Goodlass Nerolac Paints Pvt Ltd (India) made subsidiary (now Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd.)

Developed Japan's first waterborne basecoat for automotive refinishing

Developed biosynthesis technology using interface bioreactor

Nichiyu Kansai Marine Coatings Co., Ltd. established as joint venture (now Kansai Paint Marine Co., Ltd.)

Kansai Paint Philippines, Inc. established

Kanpe Kyohan Tokyo K.K. renamed Kansai Paint Sales Co., Ltd.

PPG Kansai Automotive Finishes (PKAF) established as joint venture with PPG in North America and Europe

Funds invested to establish Cosco Kansai Paint & Chemicals (Zhuhai) Co., Ltd.

Malaysia's Sime Coatings Sdn Bhd joins the Group and is renamed Kansai Coatings Malaysia (now Kansai Paint Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd.)

Acquired shares in Akzo-Nobel Endustri ve Otomobil (Turkey) (now Kansai Altan Boya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş.)

Head Office relocated to Chuo-ku, Osaka

Established Kanpe Ako Co., Ltd. in Ako, Hyogo Prefecture

Made Kansai Paint (Shenyang) Co., Ltd. a consolidated subsidiary

Funds invested to establish Kansai Paint (China) Investment Co., Ltd.

Acquired shares in Freeworld Coatings (South Africa), making it a subsidiary (now Kansai Plascon Africa Ltd.)

Joint venture Kansai-Alphanam Paint Co., Ltd. established in Vietnam

Made Kansai Paint Sales Co., Ltd. a wholly-owned subsidiary

Acquired shares in PT. Kansai Prakarsa Coatings (Indonesia)

Cosco Kansai Paint (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. established

Kanpe Color Center Kashiwa opened in Kashiwa, Chiba Prefecture

DNT Kansai Mexicana established as joint venture with Dai Nippon Toryo

Kanpe Color Center Amagasaki opened

Ales Mushiyoke Clean insect-repellent coating wins top Nikkei Business Daily prize

Acquired shares in U.S. Paint Corporation (USA), making it a subsidiary

Kansai Paint Asia Pacific Sdn. Bhd. acquires shares of Sancora Paint Industries Sdn. Bhd. (Malaysia)

Acquired shares in Polisan Kansai Boya Sanayi (Turkey) (now Polisan Kansai Boya Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.)

Acquired shares in the Sadolin Group, a coatings manufacturer in the East African Community (now Kansai Plascon East Africa Ltd.)

Project to promote coatings to counter infectious disease chosen as a JICA private-sector technical cooperation project

Acquired shares in Helios Group (Austria) (now Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH)

Centenary of Company founding

Kansai Paint Group integrated corporate brand introduced

Demonstrated how plaster coating deactivates COVID-19 (SARS- CoV-2)

Demonstrated how plaster coating deactivates COVID-19 (SARS- CoV-2)

Shares transferred from the First Section to the Prime Market in reorganization of the Tokyo Stock Exchange market classifications

Powder coatings business reorganized; Kuboko Paint establishes new company KANSAI Powder Coatings Co., Ltd.

European subsidiary Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH acquires CWS Group in the powder coatings and synthetic resins business

Head Office relocated to Umeda and Shin-Osaka, Osaka-city.

European subsidiary Kansai Helios Coatings GmbH acquires WEILBURGER, an industrial coatings manufacturer.

Tokyo Office relocated to Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and renamed the Yokohama Minatomirai Office.

Kansai Paint Sales Co., Ltd. and Kuboko Paint Co., Ltd. merged.